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Reid produced extensive scholarship on a variety of subjects, but is particularly renowned for his work with West Indian immigrants, as well as on youth and the sociology of education. Swedish historian Gunnar
Myrdahl drew from Reid's pioneering Urban League studies of African American urban life for
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Ira Reid's sociology course was by far the most stimulating of the year. Part provocative lecturer, part maestro of the
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Blackwell, James E.; Janowitz, Morris, eds. (1974). "Ira De A. Reid".
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challenged us to write an essay on the subject of 'blood will tell.'
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Gates, Henry Louis Jr.; Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks (2004).
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United States Attorney for the District of Maryland
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